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Ryzen 9 5950X

AMD desktop processor · Ryzen 5000 series · launched November 2020

Launch price
$799
≈ $1,021 in 2026 dollars
Blender 4.x render score
384
#25 of 290 scored desktop processors
Cores / threads
16 / 32
64 MB L3 cache
Rated power
105 W

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Launch price in today's dollars

The Ryzen 9 5950X launched at $799 in 2020. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $1,021 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 28% rise over 6 years. At its launch price that is 48 Blender points per $100.

Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2020 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.

Blender rendering score

Median score 384 (middle half of runs 356–424) across 2,238 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #25 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #1 of 17 in the Ryzen 5000 series.

This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.

Specifications

VendorAMD
SeriesRyzen 5000 series
LaunchedNovember 2020
Launch price$799
SocketAM4
Cores / threads16 / 32
Base clock3.4 GHz
Boost clock4.9 GHz
L3 cache64 MB
Rated power105 W (TDP)
Tier9-series

The AMD 9-series over time

AMD desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.

PartYearLaunch priceIn 2026 $Blender
Ryzen 9 3900X2019$499$646263
Ryzen 9 3950X2019$749$969344
Ryzen 9 3900XT2020$499$638258
Ryzen 9 5900X2020$549$702296
Ryzen 9 5950X2020$799$1,021384
Ryzen 9 7900X2022$549$621402
Ryzen 9 7950X2022$699$790541
Ryzen 9 79002023$429$466401
Ryzen 9 7900X3D2023$599$651391
Ryzen 9 7950X3D2023$699$759528
Ryzen 9 5900XT2024$349$368365
Ryzen 9 9900X2024$499$526470
Ryzen 9 9950X2024$649$685611
Ryzen 9 9900X3D2025$599$616473
Ryzen 9 9950X3D2025$699$718643
Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition2026$899$899—

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